CAMERA on Campus

There is an important and under-discussed topic in the Orthodox community that needs to be brought to attention. Israel advocacy should not and cannot only be a reaction to crisis. As observant Jews, Israel advocacy, along with Torah study and keeping tradition, should be an integral part of our identity....

University Palestine and Islamic Societies have expressed support for the bid by Riverway Law firm, working on behalf of a Hamas leader, to deproscribe Hamas as a terrorist organisation under section 4 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This has exposed the facade maintained by many who claim to advocate for...

Since October 7, student activism around the Israel-Hamas conflict has surged, but extremist political organizations, particularly the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), have hijacked the movement to push their own radical agendas. These groups are not driven by a genuine pursuit of peace — but by the opportunity to recruit students and...

Amnesty International (AI) is a towering force among human rights organizations. As of 2023, its global expenditure exceeded $435 million. It documents human rights conditions across 155 countries and claims to be a global movement of over 10 million supporters. It has reported extensively on human rights abuses, but its...

While the Midwest is known for its “Midwest Nice” reputation, on college campuses, pro-Palestinian student groups in the region have used that hospitality to justify open support for terrorist groups and violence against Jews in the Middle East. In doing so, these groups blur the line between activism and extremism,...

As darkness fell over Yale University on Wednesday evening, Jewish students faced intimidation that echoed history’s darkest chapters. The following day, as the sun rose on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world solemnly reflected on the devastating consequences of unchecked hatred. Yet, disturbingly, at Yale, the shadows of that same hatred...

My mother always taught me to “be a leader, not a follower.” Throughout my life, I’ve watched people blindly follow senseless trends, and nowhere is this more apparent than on college campuses — where ideas, both good and bad, take root and spread. Before college, my exposure to Jewish history...

Last semester, the University of Colorado Boulder witnessed intensified anti-Israel protests, primarily led by the Boulder chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). These protests grew increasingly aggressive. In October, SJP was derecognized as a student organization due to multiple violations of the student code of conduct and CU...